2007 Swiss Council of States election
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Elections were held to the Council of States of Switzerland in October and November 2007 as part of the 2007 federal election. All 46 members of the Council of States were elected from all cantons of Switzerland. The first round was held on 21 October. In eight cantons, not all seats were filled in the first round, and a second round was held on 11 November, 18 November, or 25 November.
The election was a breakthrough for the Green Party, which won its first two seats in the Council of States, and the Green Liberal Party (GLP), which won a seat only four months after it split from the Greens. These gains – the first time minor parties had won representation in the Council of States since 1995 – came at the expense of the Free Democratic Party, which lost two seats, and the Swiss People's Party, which lost its seat in its stronghold of Zurich to the GLP.
Election[]
The Council of States election was not finalized with the first run on 21 October; twelve seats remained to be distributed in second round elections on 11 November, 18 November or 25 November 2007.[1]
The second round saw a number of notable races, for instance the election for the second seat in Zürich, where SP candidate Chantal Galladé agreed to withdraw and support GLP candidate Verena Diener against SVP candidate Ueli Maurer, increasing the centre-left's changes in the second round.[2] In St. Gallen, where no one was elected in the first round, FDP candidate Erika Forster and CVP candidate , both incumbents, started a common campaign for reelection against SVP candidate Toni Brunner.[3] Four candidates contested the election for the two seats in Tessin -- Dick Marty (FDP, over 40,000 votes in the first round), Filippo Lombardi (CVP), (SP) -- both of whom had over 30,000 votes—and finally Attilio Bignasca (Lega).[4] The two incumbents from the FDP and CVP were reelected on 18 November.
The second seat for Lucerne was handed to CVP candidate in so-called "silent election" when no other candidate filed to run against him in the second round. Graber had narrowly failed to be elected in the first round.[5] The second mandate in Fribourg and Valais was also decided in this way.
Parties | Ideology | 2003 | Seats | ± | |
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Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC) | Christian democracy | 15 | 15 | ±0 | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) | Classical liberalism | 14 | 12 | –2 | |
Social Democratic Party (SPS/PSS) | Social democracy | 9 | 9 | ±0 | |
Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) | National conservatism | 8 | 7 | –1 | |
Green Party (GPS/PES) | Green politics | 0 | 2 | +2 | |
Green Liberal Party (GLP/VL) | Green liberalism | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
Total | 46 | 46 | |||
Source: http://www.politik-stat.ch/srw2007CH_de.html |
Results[]
Appenzell Ausserrhoden[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | Hans Altherr | 10,880 | 87.9 | ||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 1,012 | 8.2 | ||
Independent | Edgar Bischof | 310 | 2.5 | ||
Independent | Ivo Müller | 98 | 0.8 | ||
Independent | Matthias Weishaupt | 84 | 0.7 | ||
Turnout | 12,384 | ||||
Free Democrats hold | Swing |
Appenzell Innerrhoden[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democrats | Ivo Bischofberger | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing |
Aargau[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | Christine Egerszegi-Obrist | 98,961 | 29.5 | ||
Swiss People's | 92,814 | 27.6 | |||
Social Democrats | Pascale Bruderer | 62,780 | 18.7 | ||
Greens | 31,417 | 9.4 | |||
Christian Democrats | 2,3843 | 7.1 | |||
Evangelical People's | 16,884 | 5.0 | |||
Independent | 6,152 | 1.8 | |||
Independent | 3,147 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 335,998 | ||||
Free Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Swiss People's hold | Swing |
Basel-Landschaft[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democrats | Claude Janiak | 47,473 | 58.5 | ||
Swiss People's | 28,054 | 34.6 | |||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 5,618 | 6.9 | ||
Turnout | 81,145 | ||||
Social Democrats gain from Free Democrats | Swing |
Basel-Stadt[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democrats | Anita Fetz | 32,736 | 60.4 | ||
Liberals | 17,344 | 32.0 | |||
Independent | Eric Weber | 3,631 | 6.7 | ||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 460 | 0.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,171 | ||||
Social Democrats hold | Swing |
Bern[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democrats | Simonetta Sommaruga | 164,557 | 29.1 | ||
Swiss People's | 143,347 | 25.3 | |||
Greens | 108,597 | 19.2 | |||
Free Democrats | 108,017 | 19.1 | |||
Evangelical People's | 17,789 | 3.1 | |||
Federal Democrats | Christian Waber | 14,374 | 2.5 | ||
Swiss Democrats | 9,073 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 565,754 | ||||
Social Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Swiss People's hold | Swing |
Fribourg[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Christian Democrats | Urs Schwaller | 47,202 | 37.1 | ||
Social Democrats | Alain Berset | 35,068 | 27.6 | ||
Free Democrats | Jean-Claude Cornu | 25,165 | 19.8 | ||
Swiss People's | Jean-François Rime | 19,782 | 15.5 | ||
Turnout | 127,217 | ||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democrats | Alain Berset | ||||
Social Democrats hold | Swing |
Geneva[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democrats | Liliane Maury Pasquier | 49,046 | 26.6 | ||
Greens | Robert Cramer | 45,452 | 24.7 | ||
Liberals | Martine Brunschwig Graf | 37,964 | 20.6 | ||
Christian Democrats | 26,816 | 14.6 | |||
Swiss People's | 22,014 | 11.9 | |||
Independent | 3,000 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 184,292 | ||||
Social Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Greens gain from Free Democrats | Swing |
Glarus[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | Fritz Schiesser | 6,380 | 44.8 | ||
Swiss People's | 6,024 | 42.3 | |||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 1,834 | 12.9 | ||
Turnout | 14,238 | ||||
Free Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Swiss People's hold | Swing |
Graubünden[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss People's | Christoffel Brändli | 27,923 | 44.4 | ||
Christian Democrats | 21,257 | 33.8 | |||
Social Democrats | 8,558 | 13.6 | |||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 5,139 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 62,877 | ||||
Swiss People's hold | Swing | ||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing |
Jura[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democrats | Claude Hêche | 7,965 | 18.9 | ||
Christian Democrats | 6,322 | 15.0 | |||
Christian Democrats | 5,992 | 14.2 | |||
Social Democrats | 5,907 | 14.0 | |||
Christian Social | 3,079 | 7.3 | |||
Free Democrats | 2,968 | 7.0 | |||
Swiss People's | 2,869 | 6.8 | |||
Swiss People's | 2,804 | 6.7 | |||
Free Democrats | 2,194 | 5.2 | |||
Christian Social | 2,052 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 42,152 | ||||
Social Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing |
Lucerne[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | 65,269 | 29.6 | |||
Christian Democrats | 60,464 | 27.4 | |||
Swiss People's | 36,302 | 16.5 | |||
Social Democrats | 26,595 | 12.1 | |||
Greens | 23,925 | 10.8 | |||
Swiss People's | 8,001 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 220,556 | ||||
Free Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democrats | |||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing |
Neuchâtel[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democrats | Gisèle Ory | 17,155 | 15.3 | ||
Free Democrats | Didier Burkhalter | 16,927 | 15.1 | ||
Social Democrats | 15,366 | 13.7 | |||
Swiss People's | 15,026 | 13.4 | |||
Liberals | 11,811 | 10.5 | |||
Swiss People's | 10,663 | 9.5 | |||
Labour | 8,351 | 7.4 | |||
Greens | Francine John-Calame | 5,008 | 4.5 | ||
solidaritéS | 4,045 | 3.6 | |||
Greens | 3,642 | 3.2 | |||
Christian Democrats | Vincent Martinez | 1,926 | 1.7 | ||
Christian Democrats | 1,845 | 1.7 | |||
Independent | Jäggi Lukas | 341 | 0.3 | ||
Turnout | 112,106 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | Didier Burkhalter | 28,710 | 35.7 | ||
Social Democrats | Gisèle Ory | 27,617 | 34.4 | ||
Social Democrats | 24,050 | 29.9 | |||
Turnout | 80,377 | ||||
Free Democrats gain from Social Democrats | Swing | ||||
Social Democrats hold | Swing |
Nidwalden[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democrats | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing |
Obwalden[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Free Democrats hold | Swing |
Schaffhausen[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | 16,831 | ||||
Swiss People's | Hannes Germann | 16,774 | |||
Greens | 6,481 | ||||
Social Democrats | 6,196 | ||||
Alternative List | 3,279 | ||||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 1,655 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Free Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Swiss People's hold | Swing |
Schwyz[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss People's | Alex Kuprecht | 22,950 | |||
Christian Democrats | Bruno Frick | 21,647 | |||
Christian Democrats | 13,690 | ||||
Free Democrats | 11,396 | ||||
Social Democrats | 5,006 | ||||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 715 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Swiss People's hold | Swing | ||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing |
Solothurn[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | Rolf Büttiker | 50,433 | |||
Social Democrats | Ernst Leuenberger | 45,911 | |||
Christian Democrats | 35,470 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Free Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Social Democrats hold | Swing |
St. Gallen[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss People's | Toni Brunner | 61,648 | |||
Christian Democrats | 59,488 | ||||
Free Democrats | Erika Forster-Vannini | 55,462 | |||
Social Democrats | 43,278 | ||||
Greens | Yvonne Gilli | 22,824 | |||
Swiss Democrats | 6,280 | ||||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 2,930 | |||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | Erika Forster-Vannini | 84,547 | |||
Christian Democrats | 80,484 | ||||
Swiss People's | Toni Brunner | 68,667 | |||
Swiss Democrats | 7,940 | ||||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 946 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Free Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing |
Thurgau[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democrats | 45,097 | ||||
Swiss People's | 44,170 | ||||
Greens | 14,449 | ||||
Social Democrats | 14,176 | ||||
Independent | 8,845 | ||||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 2,685 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Swiss People's hold | Swing |
Ticino[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | Dick Marty | 41,428 | |||
Christian Democrats | 33,513 | ||||
Social Democrats | 33,068 | ||||
Ticino League | Attilio Bignasca | 21,410 | |||
Swiss People's | 12,144 | ||||
Independent | 1,878 | ||||
Federal Democrats | 1,463 | ||||
Independent | Cortonesi Rivo | 363 | |||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | Dick Marty | 40,088 | |||
Christian Democrats | 38,177 | ||||
Social Democrats | 32,786 | ||||
Ticino League | Attilio Bignasca | 18,346 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Free Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing |
Uri[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democrats | 5,038 | ||||
Christian Democrats | Hansheiri Inderkum | 4,937 | |||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 697 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing |
Valais[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democrats | Jean-René Fournier | 54,352 | |||
Christian Democrats | 45,092 | ||||
Free Democrats | 22,389 | ||||
Social Democrats | 18,128 | ||||
Swiss People's | 13,274 | ||||
Swiss People's | Lukas Jäger | 12,257 | |||
Greens | 11,027 | ||||
Independent | Michel Carron | 1,382 | |||
Independent | Gerlinde Marlene Bass-Bärenfaller | 1,334 | |||
Independent | Claude Bourquin | 961 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democrats | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing |
Vaud[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | Charles Favre | 65,439 | |||
Swiss People's | Guy Parmelin | 65,186 | |||
Social Democrats | Géraldine Savary | 54,192 | |||
Greens | Luc Recordon | 42,998 | |||
Christian Democrats | Jacques Neirynck | 17,952 | |||
Labour | Marianne Huguenin | 13,795 | |||
Labour | Josef Zisyadis | 12,456 | |||
solidaritéS | 5,180 | ||||
Federal Democrats | 3,616 | ||||
solidaritéS | 2,728 | ||||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 951 | |||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democrats | Géraldine Savary | 88,056 | |||
Greens | Luc Recordon | 86,350 | |||
Free Democrats | Charles Favre | 62,116 | |||
Swiss People's | Guy Parmelin | 62,092 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Social Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Greens gain from Free Democrats | Swing |
Zug[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democrats | Peter Bieri | 21,058 | |||
Free Democrats | 20,195 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Christian Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Free Democrats hold | Swing |
Zurich[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Democrats | 182,594 | ||||
Swiss People's | Ueli Maurer | 150,707 | |||
Social Democrats | Chantal Galladé | 110,843 | |||
Green Liberals | Verena Diener | 100,442 | |||
Greens | Daniel Vischer | 61,354 | |||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 48,148 | |||
Christian Democrats | 39,715 | ||||
Evangelical People's | 16,237 | ||||
Federal Democrats | 8,011 | ||||
Alternative List | 7,878 | ||||
Independent | Stadelmann Toni | 1,327 | |||
Independent | Zaehner Heinz | 350 | |||
Independent | Danowski Marian | 142 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Free Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green Liberals | Verena Diener | 199,594 | |||
Swiss People's | Ueli Maurer | 170,081 | |||
Independent | Vereinzelte | 8,230 | |||
Turnout | 377,905 | ||||
Green Liberals gain from Swiss People's | Swing |
Footnotes[]
- ^ "Der erste Grüne im Ständerat - Schweiz - Tages-Anzeiger". Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ Chantal Galladé verzichtet (Zürich , NZZ Online)
- ^ CVP und FDP gemeinsam gegen Toni Brunner (Schweiz, NZZ Online)
- ^ Lombardi erhält Schützenhilfe von der Lega (Schweiz, NZZ Online)
- ^ Stille Ständeratswahl im Kanton Luzern (Schweiz, NZZ Online)
- Council of States (Switzerland)
- 2007 elections in Switzerland
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